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Lawmakers propose a bill that would require more disclosure by companies receiving public funds and tax subsidies.

Gov. David Paterson threatens to be his own spending cap and veto legislative bills that include spending. He’s upset that they haven’t done anything with his spending cap bill. And the Senate GOP appears ready to back him. He chided legislative leaders publicly.

State officials loosen the burn ban, which now excludes brush and limbs.

A judge delays the bottle bill expansion to resolve issues over the UPC label. One of the bill’s advocates blames Paterson for turning a “small issue” into a “mess.”

GOP Sen. Frank Padavan seeks to change a provision of the Rockefeller drug law reform that allows judges to seal the criminal records of some drug offenders. District Attorneys from around the state also fight the provision.

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